Recommendations
Recommendation—Chapter 3, page 59
The Committee recommends that the
Australian Government work to have APEC adopt a position of:
- accepting new members only after they
have demonstrated their support for APEC policies and goals by voluntarily
complying with APEC obligations (including submission and annual updating of
Individual Action Plans) for two years;
- granting observer status to potential new
members which meet their APEC obligations;
- allowing greater participation in APEC’s
work program by potential new members; and
- providing assistance to potential new
members to adopt APEC policies, goals and obligations.
Recommendation—Chapter
5, page 111
The Committee recommends that the
Australian Government, while giving primacy to APEC’s trade and investment
liberation and facilitation agenda, also support the social agenda that will
assist all areas of the populations of APEC’s member economies to benefit from
the realisation of APEC’s long-term goals.
The Committee recommends that the Australian
Government support formal status for non-business NGOs within the APEC
structure.
Recommendation—Chapter
7, page 143
The Committee recommends that a publication on trade
facilitation and economic and technical cooperation be produced as a companion
to the publication Trade Liberalisation: Opportunities for Australia.
The Committee further recommends that this publication
cover not only the achievements in the area of trade facilitation but also the
difficulties in identifying and removing the non-tariff barriers.
Recommendation—Chapter 7, page 155
The Committee recommends that the Australian Government
actively encourage business, institutions and associations, such as National
Association of Testing Authorities, to continue their efforts to identify
specific areas where Australia can best contribute to facilitating trade and
investment in the APEC region and to support them in their efforts to carry
forward their ideas and initiatives.
Recommendation—Chapter 8, page 179
The Committee recommends that the
Australian Government initiate and support moves in APEC to give greater
attention to development cooperation programs.
Recommendation—Chapter 9, page 219
The Committee recommends that every endeavour should be
made to build on Australia’s strong reputation in the region and to further
develop its standing as ‘a natural partner’ in the Asia Pacific basin.
Recommendation—Chapter 10, page 233
The Committee endorses the APEC Study
Centre’s recommendation that ‘the Australian Parliament give priority to
promoting research and international exchange activities in the academic sector
to improve understanding of APEC issues’.
Recommendation—Chapter
10, pages 233–34
The Committee recommends that Government
review the funding arrangement for AUSPECC to ensure its viability as a dynamic
research organisation with an extensive network reaching into both the academic
and business community and to maintain and further enhance its status as a
leading research body in the region.
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